From the much lauded author of Breaking News comes a version of Walking the Bible just for Israel. With its dense history of endless conflict and biblical events, Israel's coastline is by far the most interesting hundred miles in the world. As longtime chief of NBC's Tel Aviv news bureau, Martin Fletcher is in a unique position to interpret Israel, and he brings it off in a spectacular and novel manner. Last year he strolled along the entire coast, from Lebanon to Gaza, observing facets of the country that are ignored in news reports, yet tell a different and truer story. Walking Israel is packed with hilarious moments, historical insights, emotional, true-life tales, and, above all, great storytelling.The unit carries out shoulder-fired missile attacks on enemy targets and lights them up with lasers to guide airborne bombing runs. ... Matan is a machine gunner who totes the Negev, an Israeli-made weapon that fires a thousand rounds a minute. ... Matan sniffed at the great Zionist heroes such as Herzl and Nordau. He dismissed Yosef Trumpeldor, the Hebrew warrior who died on the battlefield after exhorting his comrades, with his legendary last breath: aNever mind, it is good to dieanbsp;...
Title | : | Walking Israel |
Author | : | Martin Fletcher |
Publisher | : | Macmillan - 2010-09-28 |
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